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Robert Benson searching for his mother Adeline Morris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 23, 1881

MR. EDITOR - I am seeking my
mother - Adeline Morris. The last
I heard from her she was in Alabama.
Her children here are
named Robert Benson and Jane
Arnold. There were only two of
us; we were sold to Jack Rines
and brought to Texas from Alabama.
Address
ROBERT BENSON.
Centreville, Texas.

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Catherine Humbly searching for her mother Elizabeth Betsy and two brothers Charley Yandle and Sip Dinie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 2, 1885

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire for my mother and two brothers. We lived in Fayette, Mo., and was brought from there to Arkansas by a speculator named Jim Elerson; there he sold my mother and one brother to Billy Hickups. Myself and other brother was carried to Shiloh, La. I was about 12 years old at that time. My mother's name was Elizabeth Betsy;…

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